No-Show

Three women. Three dates. One missing man...*The instant Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller*'Ingenious, heartwarming and romantic' SOPHIE KINSELLA'Surprising and deeply satisfying' EMILY HENRY8.52 a.m. Siobhan's looking forward to her date with Joseph. Breakfast on Valentine's Day surely means something ... so where is he?2.43 p.m. Miranda's hoping that a Valentine's Day lunch with Carter will be the perfect way to celebrate her new job. But why hasn't he shown up?6.30 p.m. Joseph Carter agreed to be Jane's fake boyfriend at a dreaded engagement party tonight. But he's not here...Meet Joseph Carter. That is, if you can find him.The No-Show is the brilliantly funny, heart-breaking and joyful new novel from Beth O'Leary about dating, and waiting, and the ways love can find us. An utterly extraordinary tearjerker of a book, this is O'Leary's most ambitious novel yet.'The kind of book that leaves an impression on your heart' HOLLY MILLER'Such a clever, finely woven, sweet and heart-rending story' BOLU BABALOLA'The kind of book you want all your friends to read so that you can talk about it non-stop' LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN'A brilliant, multilayered, romantic stunner' LAUREN HO'Sweepingly romantic, bursting with character, and so, so clever' GILLIAN McALLISTER'A superb rom-com with a heart wrenching twist' DAILY EXPRESS'Perfect escapism: romantic and uplifting with a twist you won't see coming' LUCY DIAMOND'Charming and delightful!' LAURA WILLIAMS'It will break your heart in a million different ways' LOUISE O'NEILL'A truly brilliant book' LUCY VINE'Fresh and surprising yet still so distinctly Beth O'Leary' CAROLINE HULSE'This book will stop-start your heart with plenty of tears and plenty of laughter' LIA LOUIS'Fresh, clever, superbly plotted . . . A triumph' MIKE GAYLE'Beth O'Leary at her very best' LINDSEY KELK'Achingly clever, another fabulous read from Beth O'Leary' SOPHIE COUSENSA Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller w/c 24/04/2022

Beth O'Leary crafts novels with such wit, heart and truth. The No-Show is an ingenious, heartwarming and romantic story with great depths amid the humour and lightness, Beth O'Leary writes a brilliant, multilayered, romantic stunner with a poignant twist that you won't see coming. You won't be able to put this down, Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book and The No-Show is her most moving yet. O'Leary's wit, charm and heart are on full, fantastic display in this cosy, surprising and deeply satisfying novel. I couldn't possibly love it more, Three love stories in one, told in delicate, beautiful layers, this is such a clever, finely woven sweet and heart-rending story that I found myself utterly enchanted by!, This is a genius of a book! The kind of book you want all your friends to read so that you can talk about it non-stop. Trust me, you'll be buzzing long after you've read the final page

Beth O'Leary is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. Her debut, The Flatshare, sold over a million copies and is now a major TV series. Her subsequent novels, The Switch, The Road Trip and The No-Show, were all instant bestsellers, and The Switch has been optioned by Amblin Partners, Steven Spielberg's production company. Beth writes her books in the Hampshire countryside with a very badly behaved Golden Retriever for company. If she's not at her desk, you'll usually find her curled up somewhere with a book, a cup of tea and several woolly jumpers (whatever the weather).